Bertha Jorkins is born
Timeline
- : Quidditch match: Holyhead Harpies vs. Heidelberg Harriers (1953)
- : Lucius Malfoy is born
- : Tarquin McTavish is born
- : Narcissa Black is born
- : Universal Brooms Ltd. introduces the Shooting Star broomstick
- : Minerva McGonagall starts working at the Ministry of Magic
- : Tom Riddle kills Hepzibah Smith, framing her house-elf, Hokey
- : Bertha Jorkins is born
- : Quidditch match: Caerphilly Catapults vs Karasjok Kites (1956)
- : Minerva McGonagall begins teaching at Hogwarts
- : Tom Riddle murders a Muggle tramp and creates the Locket Horcrux
- : Sturgis Podmore is born
- : Tom Marvolo Riddle disappears
- : Hamish MacFarlan becomes captain of the Montrose Magpies
- : Norvel Twonk dies saving a Muggle child
- : McGonagall refuses a promotion at the Ministry
- : Petunia Evans is born
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